WWI Trench Art Bracelet, Lance Corporal/Corporal Benjamin D. Hogg, Army Service Corps (Rifle Brigade) KIA - Aluminum Identification Tag hand engraved "B. HOGG / 31.MILTON.ST / MANSFIELD / NOTTS" flanked by two Belgian Five Centimes Coins on either side, held together with single link chains, clip at one end, 25.2 mm x 150 mm, near extremely fine.Footnote: Benjamin Disraelie Hogg was married to Mabel Hogg of 56 Howard Road, Manfield, Nottinghamshire, England. He enlisted as a Lance Corporal in the Army Service Corps (S4-041744) for service in the First World War, later attaining the rank of Corporal. He was transferred to the 16th Battalion, Rifle Brigade as a Rifleman (B/202131) with the rank of Private. He is documented as having died between March 21 and March 31, 1918, at the Somme, at the age of 35 and is remembered with honour at the Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France, Panel 81 to 84.

A rare type, produced for RAF rescue boat personnel who would retrieve downed pilots and aircrew in the English Channel. In steel, magnetic, in steel blue with a smooth finish, white RAF Rescue insignia painted on the front. The protective edge of the helmet in a magnetic steel. Inside with a blackened canvas liner stitched in place, the liner screwed in place to the dome, eight rubber wedges placed between the cradle and the inside of the helmet, the wedges spaced at equal intervals, rubber cross-shaped pad in the dome, size marked "7", maker marked "FFI II" and dated "1941" on the support strap butting the dome that faces the front beside the pad, elastic drawstring and canvas chinstrap with metal buckles riveted in place on either side and remains intact, three small holes in a triangular formation punched in the metal on either side of the helmet beside the brackets holding the chinstrap, measuring 290 mm x 307 mm x 120 mm, scattered chipping and spotting in the steel blue finish on the exterior, semblance of surface rust on the interior, oxidation evident on the buckle, light soiling on the chin strap, near extremely fine.

Two-piece construction, steel, the left side illustrating the outer ring inscribed "THIRD NORFOLK RIFLE VOLUNTEER CORPS", while the right side has a central interlocking tab illustrating the castle with three towers Regimental insignia, ornate floral swirl pattern on both belt loops, punch marked on the right side in the junction between the floral swirl on the belt loop and the interlocking tab, 49 mm x 92.2 mm when locked together, light contact, near extremely fine.